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The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-17
A CITY MARKET.
Where the Food For Half oil
Chicago is Obtained.
Tons of Produce Disposed OF
Daily by Farmers.

The haymarket presents a wonderfully
busy but yet peaceful aspect about {
o'clock in the morning. AT this time
the entire place is lined ON both sides OF
the street with teams and wagons loaded
with produce from the country. 1t is 9
surprise to see here in the early morning
from $50 to 800 teams in this market.
place, and to hear the traffic and barter
that are going on. The teams stand or
each side of the street, the horses noses
towards the centre, and so close to the
street-car tracks that you can almost
touch them as the car goes by. The
wagons are next the sidewalk, with
room for the grocers' wagons to drive,
and here from these undergraduates
the retail dealers obtain the food foI
half the city of Chicago. The wagons
are loaded with vegetables of all kind
suitable to the season, freshly gathered,
and ready to be served for either break
fast Or dinner. BY 3 O'Clock
in the morning the farmers may
be seen driving in with thcil
wagon-boxes piled up with prod
uce, and a lantern burning on either side
like a hanson cab. Some of them come
from a great distance, and travel ten OF
fifteen miles before reaching the market
place, It is surprising what an amount
of stuff is daily brought in at this mar
ket and daily consumed. 1t amounts
to from fifty to hundred tons a day, and
as a general rule is all disposed of by the
farmers before loon. It is a specially un-
lucky person or one who has made his
prices exorbitant who has not unloaded
his wagon before the afternoon has pro-
crossed far. Among the sellers of prod
uce are people of all kinds. They are
chiefly foreigners, however, and as often
as not the wife comes with the wagon,
driving her team and her trades with
equal facility and keenness as her hus-
band. Indeed, the women are rather
harder to bargain with than the men, SO
the grocers say who buy of them, and as
a general rule they get a better price for
their marketing than their husbands. 1t
is a study to watch them-their yolubili-
ty, their gesticulations, praise of what
they sell, and endless protest against
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r,1lnefsH TIPS.

The most magnificent visitor eyer
Rnown ID the annals Of the English court
the Emperor Nicholas, who, when
be Was here IN 1914, left So 600 @ pe
distributed among the servants Ct Wind
sor castle, while the honsekceper there
VAS given i parure IF diamonds, worth
$1,000. The six lords who were Y wait
nd during his visit each received 9
s.lendid gold snuff box, with the en-
neror's portrait set il diamonds, Gag
eoserry and the groomin-sSaiting got
similar snuff-box with his imper1a
maiesty's cipher II diamonds; e'lshe
# rings, watches md brooches were dls
tributed among minor f~unetionaries
Is. 500 Wa given Il charity, and sao'
"a TIE eap Il Ascot, which was eontln
"a annually for ten gears,-ILondo
World.
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The Old Folks MT Home.

Or elsewhere, need a ionic row II then to
sustain Them under growing infirmities. No
safer or more thorough invigorant for age and
the delicate can be found than Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, a seasonable medicine in
those ailments of commonest occurrence
liver complaint, indigestion and bowel disor-
ders; a pure botanic safeguard against mala-
r a, and a reliable means of counteracting
rheumatism. To the convalescent, it is a val
liable aid in the recovery of strength, and to
the debilita ed, nervous invalid it yields tran
gull slumber and renewed sppetite-two primo
factors in the restoration OF vigor. Being of
purely b Itanic origin, it is free from those OBJ
ject ons urged against mineral remedies diff
cult or imrossible of assimilation by the sys-
tenn, and which impair the tone of the stom-
ach, which the Bitters, on the contrary,
st engthens and @ suIates. 1t is 'dorsed and
prescribed b. the medical fraternity.
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Dangerous CLAIMS.

III this part of the world CLAIMS are
dangerous only after they are eaten, and
then q to some persons; but a travel
Ter among the South Sea Islands gives an
account of huge clams,-so big that a
single shell makes an admirable bath for
child ,-the very touching Of which Is
sometimes attended with fatal conse-
quences:
Diving for CLAIMS generally falls to the
share of the women, and many o one has
met her doom from getting pipoed s..
fhg@nnperous dentatednen nv y
W ner 81 never g liso
ard several horrible stories
IA 4 ctin Fiji, and herensps ones
Ire addss6e I'll ..:.a
ouite recentlyp poor fellow, nsIllae
d one of the Paumota atolls, dlveo
Is Tie bottom Of the lagoon, feeling 20
bsaFI oysters, when he nnlnckily slippe.
81 anaers into . gaping elanl7sheh
which closed and held him as 70 2 V,ce
rhe shell lay ID d hole n the cora Z
haE il Vas impossible TO reach the DEssu
,ysWheh il vas moored il that sac hal
bor: lie wretched man, IN !
niad ana 81 body, severed his own y
eers with his knife. and 70 the y
face. having. indeed, escaped droWnlhs
int being MANNED for life.
There have been other eases
aiser thus imprisoned has, with gfsas !,
aeliheration, contrived to 'nsels
katie into the shell, and 50 force = BE-
suFiciently 10 release his other hand
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NKfnts. ueha

rAsxsceE1na9k ~ TehtuSap Ian
Keckles. f.a.,v
Il cayenne ps ffes IS used Freely
around mice holes it IS claimed It WI
drive mice away.
You can take out spots from WASH
Goods by rubbing them with the yolksoi
eng before washing
The lustre Of morocco may be restoreu
81 vanishing with the white OF an egg.
Apply with 3 sponge ].
sponge the edges Of the carpets win :
weak mixture Of turpentine and cold
water to keep out the carpet moth,
Put tea and coffee away N aif-tlgn'
receptacles as soon as they are brougn
Is the house. They lose much q tnel
flavor BY standing uncovered.
The first thing that needs to pc don
/, most kitchens Is to raise the stove =
inches Or 4 foot, 50 that woman g
work 1T il without STOPPING.
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me Bia.shpiace Of Beer.

The birthplace Of beer Is Egypt. 9
papyrus has been discovered e Wn'en
fsther reproaches his son for louag'ng
ano,,tin tayerns and drinking too mucn
hser From the Egyptians the art g
brewing beer descended g ne hsh1os
.;ans. While the Romans despised beer,
tie Germans of the north Of Europe 1ulls
appreciated it, good qualities. At pres
s1,t inc yearly product throughout fne
world amounts II fAo, ooO, wy hsalos I
ENGLAND taking the lead with 6, o1o,
! Ooh,
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rae EdfbIe butterfly.

there are 5000 species Of butterfiles
own. Of which 1000 are found il the
Tn;ted States, and that nothing may go
q waste, the fact is stated that they
mare 1 rood article Of food, tasting not
mike cream pufs. Then there is :
further fact that they would be haTael
& corner than vheat,-lDetfolt Fre'
Press
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Z uySEN TO HN UWRN
When il is the old. fashion d blue mass, blu
p il sort, aud inS st on using Dr.. Plerce's
''Pleasa 1T Purgative Pellets" a modern medi-
calluXury, being small, u rar-coated ~ranules,
containing the activ, principles of certain
TO IS and herbs. and which will be found TO
contain as much catharti c power as any o the
vi )lent, drastic effects. The elle:s operate
thoroughly but hlr nle7sly, estab ishine a per-
lnancntly healthy action of the stomach and
DO wells, and as an ant-billous remedy are I'm
e1ualed,
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Z" A little fire is quickly trodden out
Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench."
ccfastinaticn may rob you of time, but by
increased dilig ance you can make up the loss;
but if it rob you OF life the loss is irremediab!e.
If your health is delicate, your appetite tickle,
whole being out of strIs, depend on it you are
s ariolsly diseased. In all such cases DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" will
speedily effect a genuine, radical cure-make
a new man of YOU and save you from the tor
lures of lingering disease.
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More NecessarV thar Love-.

q love you,' he protested, Abs1'e :
than my life. ! would die iof s0u :
necessary" .lact;ea1
III .sswear to me that you ~ ge1
ana make the fires, and ~ conssaef
I'm proposition.n-[The Jddge'
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AAHH
@aEsskN EEzEN
ID 4 IL $
YOU?
%E.sssE SsXETEEEESE s

Do you feel dull, languid, low-spirited, life
less, and indescribably miserable, both physi-
cally and mentally; experience a sense of
fullness or bloating after eating, or of gone
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste in
mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent
headaches, blurred eyesight, floating specks"
before the eyes. nervous prostitution or ex-
haustion, lrEitabllity, Of temper, hot flushes,
alternating with chilly sensations, sharp,
biting, transient pains here and there, cold
feet, drowsincsS after meals, wakefulness, or
disturbed and unrafrcshing sleep, constant,
indescribable feeling of dread. or of impend-
ing calamity?
of these symptoms, you are suffering from
that most common of American mafadics-
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more
complicated your disease has become, the
greater the number and diversity of symp-
toms. No matter what stage it has reached,
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will subdue it, if taken according to direc-
tons for q reasonable length of time. If not
cured, complications multiply and Consump-
Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave
maladies are quite liable to set in and, sooner
or later, induce a fatal termination,
DIR. Piercess Golden Medical Dis.
cOVcry acts powerfully upon the Liver, and
through that great blood purifying organ,
p~urities, from whatever cause arising. 1t is
equally eficacious in acting upon the Kid
neyS, and other eXcretory organs, cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their diseases. As
an appetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes
digestion and nutrition, thereby building up
this wonderful medicine has gaiSged great
celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb gue, and kindred diseases.
DIR. Pfercess Golden Medical Disc
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Recipes.

CHOCOLATE COOKIES. lone cup of but
ter, W cups of sugar, three cups OF
-four, four eggs, one cup of grated choco-
late, one-half ~teaspoonful of soda, and
one ~teaspoonful of cream of tartar.
EGG PIcKLE.--Boil the eggs hard, re-
move the shells, lay them in large
mouthed jars and pour over them scald-
ding vinegar seasoned with whole pep
per, allspice, ginger and cloves. When
cold close down tightly for a few weeks.
PEARL BARLEY PUDDING.---simmer 4
tablespoonful of pearl barley till thor
dSssghly swelled, in milk. Lay it in
pie dish,h~ppur in the milk and a little
sugar place so1aessliny pieces ofdripping
well clarified on the top,@d bake.
OLD FASHIONED APPLE TuRNoyERs.%
One-half cupful Of cream, n cupful of
sour milk, one-half ~teaspoonful of soda,
a little salt, -four to make light biscuit
dough. Roll out and cut turnover shape
and on one side lay a spoonful of very |
sour dried apples, which has been
stewed till tender and mashed smooth,
but which has had no seasoning. Fold
the other side of the crust over, and
pinch the edges tightly together. Drop
into hot fat and fry a rich brown. Serve
warm with maple syrup or a sauce made
Of butter, sugar and cream.
BAKED HAsH.-Use a cupful of any
cold meat chopped rather coarse, q cup
full of cold cooked rice, a generous cup
full of milk, an egg, two t~ablespoonfuls
Of butter, one tablespoonful salt, and
one-eighth teaspoonful Of pepper; put
the milk on the fire in a frying pan, and
when it has become hot, add all the
other ingredients except the eggs. Str
for one minute; then remove from the
FIRE. and add the egg, well beaten.
Turn into an escalloped dish and bake in
i moderate oven for 90 minutes. Serve
In the same dish.
BRonED CHICKEN.-Do not attempt
to broil an old of full-grown fowl; take
d young chicken, split il down the back
always, wipe the inside dry after remoy-
ing the giblets, and place it on the grid
iron with the inside down; keep it SO
until it begins to grow very brown, then
turn it, but the moment the skin threat
ems to burn reverse it. again. To find
how 1t is cooking insert q sharp knife
into the thickest breast; if the flesh is
pink at all returnit to the fire; when
well done and brown lay it on q platter,
inside down; butter, salt, and serve.
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The glare of the electric lights in the
cars winter palace has proven very in
furious to ornamental plants.
During the last century 100 lakes in
the Tyrol have subsidized and disappeared,
according to DR.. A. Bohm of the Geo
graphical Society of Vienna.
The soil for house-plants should re-
ceive attention, as medical men have
found that malarial fever Is p~ropagated
among occupants of rooms containing
pots of malarious earth.
Experiments made in France in s'deep
sea" photography have been successful.
with a camera and the electric incandes-
cent light it is said to be possible to pho
fograph sunken ships, and make simpler
the divers perilous Wsfk.
A new discovery is that sea water may
be made drinkable by the use of citrate
of silver. By this means chloride of sill
yer is precipitated, and a harmless min
eral water is produced. An once of
citrate makes half a pint Of water drink
able.
A manufacturer of Roubaix has in
vented a useful application of electricity
to looms. He adopts an indicator which
strikes when a thread breaks, and thus
saves the weave from the close atten-
ton to the quick moving threads, which
is SO injurious to the sight.
An assistant of Prof. Virchow, DR..
Grawitz, finds that about one-third of
the cases pronounced in life muscular
rheumatism, are shown by post norton
examination to be due to trichin8 or
pork worms. In instances observed, it
is said that the parasites must have been
present in the muscles for many years.
Minnesota people have found a new
way to test the freshness of eggs. Wipe
the large end of an egg, they say, quite
clean, and then touch the tip of the
tongue to the central part of this big end.
If the egg is good there will be a little
warm spot inside the egg which will be
plainly perceptible to the tongue.
In the quarternary graHels of the Loire
valley, France, there are numerous speei-
mems of stones, about II inches in dame
ter, which are remarkable for being hol-
low, and enclosing liquid water, and
sometimes a loose stony nucleus. 1t is
supposed that the water must have pene-
lat -tn} the pebbles through their minute
u -1rss of a crack can be
Gen. even afro .'Tbid of a strong glass.
Tb-Ga.that ;nn "a
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large QUANTITIES arc aiSS. n0ArPe
| Trayer's wharf, at the head OF Le-
ties Bay. Here the crab fishers
a camp of board huts on the shore,
.zssssnich they live through all the sea
son.
A erabber's outfit consists of his boat,
ashousand yards of line and a bow net.
Many Of them use the canoes in when
they oyster during that season; others
have small and cheap batteaux or SKINS.
7Tbere Is not much money invested IN
the grabbing outfit proper. From the
main line, at intervals of three feet, pen
dent lines OF smaller cord, q foot long,
called by the fishermen "snoods,N are
attached. and to these the bats are 1as-
tened. from 800 to $50 of these to the
long line. The rig is called a trot-ilne'
Fels are preferred for bait, but the sup
NV IS not adequate tapthe demand, ana
beef tripe procured from Baltimore and
: Wilmington butchers is largely USED.
4 tripe costs 80 cents, and VII
make about $50 bates, The lines
9 are baited every day. The bats
z that have not been much eaten are lei
n Int the bulk have to be replaced
y aailv. At oxford crab fishers who's
2 catch is to be shipped by rail work iron
A 10 o'clock midnight until - o,ciocl
Noon Others get out about 3 o'clock
9, the morning, and quit at any hour N e
IN afternoon when they have a suIllc1en
= catch. The fisherman oVefnauls =
e trotline with one hand, and with n
en- how net in the other, bags the crabs
at they appear at the baits at the end
Hy the asnoods. There are stormy ga
when no work can be DONE but e
earnings through the season are ve
A ;mnortant to the fishermen Baitimo
II q Sim
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RESTAURANT CALLS.
City Walters Economy Of Time
in Giving Orders.
Curious Phrases Applied to
Well-Known Dishes.

E W SSa
The diner in cheap restaurants is often
puzzled by strange orders shouted by
walters. The customary waiter lays his
ears back and hoWIs an order to the.
kitchen, as if for the purpose of letting
the whole congregation know what each
member of It intends to eat; then saun-
tiers to the port hole opening into the
culinary department aad wit
the cook. If he would communicate the
order in a confidential tone and yell his
conversation with the cook it would
please the clients better; but a waiter on
| SO a week cannot afford to own or at
least to exhibit all the graees Of high So
ciety. Like the stage and the gypsy
camp, the cheap resta urant has its pecul-
lar slang and idiom, and it speaks a Lam
guage that few of the public know. Here
are a few of the nouns in its vocabulary
with the definitions thereof in every day
English:
sOne,n is an oyster stew.
ssThree ON, y three butter cakes.
'sPair O sleeve buttons is two fish
balls.
White wings, ends up are poached
eggs.
Zone slaughter on the pan,' is a por-
ter house steak.
Coffee in the dark and ''slops in a
cup with the light OUT" signify coffee
without milk.
Brown a plate O. wheat" and ssstack
o. whites" indicates that a customer
wants wheat cakes.
seTea separate, Z means that the milk
for the tea is not to be poured into the
cup, but served in a pitcher.
ssCannon balls, . are c~rullers.
ABeef andn means beef end beans.
s4stars and stripes" are pork and
beans. This term also applies to bacon.
Brass band, without a leader" is a
plate of beans without pork.
sssummer time, is bread and milk.
.sNafI,rphY.wit his ~coat,on, . is a boiled
unpeeled.
ssWhite wings, sunny esside ID e. are
fried eggs. senos 2ad dnrs ,
s1Rice both" ''bread both,n etc, r
means that rice, bread and other pud-
dings are to be served with PSIs'F cpnntr,
sauce and butter sauce. ties favor
Rice, hard only" means ~ ese 's to he a = Z
pudding is to be served with
n1
ssBale O. hay, " is eoFaed 5ecttald cab
bage.
ssLet the blood follow the knife" is
rare roast beef.
'sRoly poly is strawberry pudding.
"solid shot" is apple dunpling.
ssMealy bustio" is mealy potato.
"Ham and' signifies ham and eggs.
"Shipwreckn is scrambled eggs.
ssHen fruit is boiled eggs.
seTea MOI is tea without milk.
Dyspepsia in a snow Storm is mince
pie sprinkled with sugar.
ssHash no. is hash without onions.
Mystery is hash.
ssBrown stone 'front.' is another name
for porter house steak.
"Chicken from on high" is the best
cut of chicken.
Cosmopolitan is Neapolitan ice
cream.
seLet the chicken wade through it" is
chicken soup. DE
Some keepers of restaurants wheltn
these orders have been in daily trans
mission for years have compelled theirs
walters to forego this style and to com !
municate orders to the cook in everyday
English.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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.sYou eve give anything to beggars.
10 you think I'm going to become a
bloated bondholder just to ACCOMMODATE
youe If j do you are fooIing yourself
hadly. n-TSiftlngs
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VHIE3TFn sTHTVTn1 TO DVUIH
On account of their inability to digest food,
will find a most marvellous food and remedy
in ScoTr's EMULSION of Pure Cod Liver o l
with Hypophosphites. Very pa'atable and
easily dgested. DR.. s. w. COHEN, of Waco,
Texas, says: Il have used your Emulsion in
Infantile wasting with good results. 1t not
only restores wasted tissues, but gives strength
and increases the appetite. l am glad to use
such a II able Article"
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Children Starving to Death

A machine has been invented that will sew
on 5000 buttons in a day.
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If AFT ctad with sore eyes use DIR Isaac Thomp-
sons E~ye-water. Druggists sell at25c. per bottle
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Who ever saw a suffering woman

= i = = Piles, fstulae, rupture and strict
ure radically cured. Book Of particulars 10
cents in stamps. Wor. DIS Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Gunpowder is a prime necessity in modern
Warfare.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-17

Nose. but presages a weddif eie
house within 4 year. A maigy6n who
oets beaten invariably at cards will win
1 GOOD husband, a far mere important
winning to her, To assure a bridal par
ty good luck throw the shoe from the lett
foot at them, but be careful not to MT
| either of the newly-married couple. ltthe
shoe should hit either, nothing will save
them from speedy disaster unless they
propitiate the fates by carrying a piece
of coal in their pockets. II you pun
on something new on Whitsunday gooe
luck will attend you all the year. Thos'
who want to be assured of success In al
their undertakings are directed to tax
the first spider they come across ans
throw it over the left shoulder. 1
afraid the spider will bite, a black snal
will answer as a substitute. Take tn
snail by the horns, as Paddy. DID u
bull. and if you throw it over your lel
shoulder, you will have better luck tina
!, Paddy did. To keep your luck you mu
not turn your feather bed on Sunday
! kill the cricket that sings on your heart
IF your keys or pocket-knife or any
I your steel belongings get rusty, it IS a 81
j that some one is laying up money !
4 yeu.-IPhiladelphia Times.
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Daughters, Wives and Mothers.
Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases, free
securely sealed. DIR. J. b. Marchisi, Utica, NY.
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Not Yery Accommodating.

Not VeFV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tramp-t1Will you give me a lew
Gent--I never give anything to beg
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" A little fire is Quickly trodden out

A bachelor discovering his clothes full OF
holes, exclaimed: Mend | can't.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-17

more nor less than monkeys of snallsize
tie marmoset. The pigny's warfare
With the crane was probably the one grain
of exact truth which survived in the ira
alton.
The stories of the pigmies belong with
fae fables Of the giants. The men of
ancient times were of. the same, or nearly
BE same height, as those Of the present
ay. The doors of the ancient houses,
ancient armor, the Egyptian smummies,
as well as the bones of fossil men, prove
that there has been little or no variation.
Among famous tall men was the Ro-
man Emperor Maximum, whose stature
was seven and three quarters feet. Maxi
pnin was d young barbarian, the son OF q
Gothic father, who first attracted the at
tenfion of the Romans by overcoming
sixteen Of their strongest men, one after
smother, in d wrestling contest, and, hav-
ing been made a centurion, fought and
Intrigued bis way to the imperial throne.
The normal stature Of men and women
ranges between four feet and six
eak four inches. Those who ex-
I'D the latter height may be called
giants, while those who are below
four feet are called dwarfs. There
have been dwarfs scarcely one foot six
inches ii height, but even these have
been considerably taller than the tabled
pignies Of antiquity.IYouth's Com
DansRn.
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CURES I HUMORS.

from q common Blotch, or Eruption, to the
Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, all diseases
caused by bad blood are conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and invig0rating medi-
it's benign influence. Especially has 1t mani
tested its potency in curing letter, Eczema,
Erysipelas, Boils, C~arbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrof-
"White Swellings,' Goitre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in
stamps for a large Treatise. with colored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
"FOR THE BLOOD is THE LIFE"
Thoroughly cleanse it by using Dr. Pieree's
G diodstfaa aae esin al, Discovery, and go 900
Strength and bodily health will be established.
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3 months treatment for SOC. Piso's Remedy
for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-17

mkakszWR Morphine Habit Cursd TN a9
- G&1S DIR. J. Stephens. Lebanon, Ohio